Angunnguaq Larsen is a Greenlandic actor and musician.
Larsen plays Mikael in ''
Nuummioq'', Greenland's first feature film. In 2018, he co-starred in ''Anori'', a film based on Greenlandic myths. It was the first Greenlandic feature film by a female director.
In the 2010 Danish series ''
Borgen'', Larsen played the fictitious
Prime Minister of Greenland Jens Enok Berthelsen. When a new series was announced in 2021, Larsen was again included in the cast.
Larsen appeared in 2018 Danish documentary ''Lykkelænder'' (''The Raven and the Seagull'').
Larsen plays the role of a local police chief, Enok Lynge, in the Swedish/Icelandic television series, ''Thin Ice''.
''Vogue'' highlighted Larsen's role and described the series as maintaining "balance between earnest political messaging and escapist entertainment
hatis carefully maintained, and immensely satisfying". His performance earned him a male leading role nomination in Iceland's 2021
Edda Awards
The Edda Award is an accolade bestowed annually by the Icelandic Film and Television Academy, and is the most prominent film and television award in Iceland, awarded annually in February. The ''Edda'' has awarded for outstanding work in various ca ...
.
In addition to his acting, Larsen works as the sound technician for
Katuaq
Katuaq ( da, Grønlands Kulturhus) is a cultural centre in Nuuk, Greenland. It is used for concerts, exhibitions, conferences, and as a cinema. Designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen, it was constructed as a joint project of the Greenland Home Rule ...
, the cultural and performing arts centre in Greenland's capital,
Nuuk.
Larsen is married with three daughters, and lives in Greenland.
Filmography
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Living people
21st-century Danish male actors
21st-century Greenlandic people
21st-century indigenous people of the Americas
Greenlandic Inuit people
Greenlandic male actors
Inuit male actors
Inuit musicians
People from Nuuk
Year of birth missing (living people)
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